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1 TRI-WBEm.Y. VOL TIL AMERICUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 28, 1882. NO. 112. jtmmr«i5|Uc0vta ■w. 1'iiii.isiiki> ut Xj. CS-LEaSlSTEn. OFFICE OX COTTON .4 VEYl'E. Su-Toscripticn. Hates: Tui-Weekly One Year, - $4.00. Weekly One Year, - - $2.00. Sunday Iskub One Year, - $1.50. PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS | Great Germ Destroyer J. C. MATHEWS. Official Directory, .imkricus, Amorims is the county sent of Sumter County. Georgia, h> tl is siiuitoil ou the Houthweaiem Railroad, 71 miles soutii west of Macon, nri.l about eighty mile# north ot tin* Florida line. It is u riiy of 6,000 inhabitant* beautifully Situated Hint liaudsomely iinproveU. Ills the centre of trade for a large section, eomprising some six counties, its avera<:e annual e.nton ri reipls l«einjj .10,000 bale#, iliit average market valiio of which is |1,« 300,000. The climate is mild, the air dry mid pure, and America* has for many years lind'the repu tation of Muir olio of tint healthiest cities in America ludn; situated but a short distance ■hove the tropical region. nearly all varieties of Its growth. The city has line public schools, tp»<-d clmrches, a larp* puhitc lihrary. a new u|x-ra house comnictely liiriiisli.-tl with scenery and which seats l.Ouu pcrseiir, a well mjranizotl lire department tvtiich include* two steatueis, while the streets are sewered mid Itsliled. Three Rood hotels furnish the best of accommodations. It is the largest city in Southwest Georgia, and is rap* idly growing m population and wealth. As a place of business unit a beautiful and pleasant resilience it presents atrractions possessed ,l.y few cities in tlie go'ilh. rersuns.nt a distance looking for n lo cation In the South, will be supplied with all furth er information they may desire by addressing the Kditor oftbe Rkcokdeu. CITY OFFICER*. Mayor—.1. II. Felder. HINTON & MATHEWS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW ... Ktsteof Georgia, and tho l)l»i Court of the United States, and in all otb< oy specipl contract. Omce m Hawkins' new building, Lamar Street. \Y. H. K1MBROUH, ATTOIt.XEY AT MW, LF.ESBt’HGH, - . GEORGIA. Collections a Specialty. Mayllwly Proulylactic Fid! ill Silence. Maccn Telegraph. • If anything could Imvo added to i the glory won by the women of the i South as minister Ingangebs amidst 1 snlfering and deatli in the hospi- I tals, or as industrious workers in i homes, oft time saddened and dark- I cned by distressful tidings from filling or Small! ‘ llu , battl “’ 8 f *° n ‘. il was tllat ‘°' ,ch - „ 4 ing devotion to the memory of thoir 1 ox 1 rcvented*a i dead husbands, their sweethearts rice.* pn-ifli'd and j and sons, that made “memorial oi“l5S;prrvM.iod«mi I‘In.v” shed its soft ami consoling the “Grand Army of the Republic.” Year by year the harangues de- livered by political hacks on these sits in the sfjade and bosses a crippled negro mako a crop, or who wastes his substance on the crav- oceasious become more virulent ings of pride, have each a clear and bitter, and the danger is that! ease of bard times. Tbc farmer tlie desecration may come, in turn,! wlio puts his forty acres to the t0 ' IR - ' mule, and buys his corn at 1.25 per There are no restraints ofdcccn- bushel and his other supplies at oy or good manners that cau con- trol political factions. William Malionc, n man who won all of his lame ns a Confederate soldier, after dishonoring his mother, Virginia, has written a letter, tho ink upon light upon a desolated country, as . which is sea-eclv dry sliani"- Clerk and Recorder—J>. K. Brinson, f ermen—W. 1*. Burt, 1*. II. Willia L. B. Boeworth, ll. D. Watt.*, W. R. K. . Ilm ,.... City Council meet* every Monday evening. . I’olice Force—City Marshal, A. I*. Lingo. ’ 1’olicemen—W. W. Wheeler. I’nt Krakine, J. W. Cobb, *. II. Mltchci:. Sexton Oak drove Cemetery—P. D. 1III1. >e*lon Colored Cemetery—Richard Felder- Bridge Keeper—I. F. Kuiford. KIBE DEPARTMENT. Chief—W. P Burt. I Assistant Chle.—J. C. Nicholson. Wide Awake No. 1. (Steamer,) Foreman, W. M. Hawke*. Vigilunco No. 2—Foreman, Mingo Glaze. Hook and Ladder— Foreman, Ilenry Anderson. CONGRESSIONAL. Third District, c-.mposed of tlie counties pf Taylor, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Dooly, Pulaski, Dotlge, Montgomery, •ter, Stewart, Irwin, •ngreMmau. LEGISLATIVE. Senatorial District composed of tho counties of Sumter, Schley, utid Mtcoti. Senator, Dupont Gucny. Representative*, Thomas Fc.igin und •lolm I*. Adiicrtou. SUPERIOR COURT. Soutliwostem Circuit, composed of the counties of Sumter, Schley, .a aeon, Lee, Webster and Stewart. Judge, lion. C. F. Clisp. 'Solicitor General, C. It. Hudson. w Regular turns of Court are held ns follows: Leo county, second Monday m March and sec ond Monday in November. Schley county, fourth Monday in Match and fourth Monday ‘in September. ■ Webster county, first Monday in April and first Monday in October. ml Monday in April and DR.W.J. SEARS & SIM ELLAVJLLE. GA. C. R. McCRORY, A.ttornoy nt Law, EI.LAVILLE, Ga. Collections Al.Hl.fi ir SPECIALTY. Drs. Westbrook & Joiner, I'liysleians mul tfurgeons. aNUEHSONVILLE, H. a GARDNER, ATTORNEY AT T .AW, OGLETHORPE. GA., W ILL practice in the Soulb-western Circuit nud tho adlolnliig counties. Prompt atten tion given to collections. maylO.tf Lawson F. Collier, Attorney-at-Law -AND- Reul Estate Agent. DRAYTON, GEORGIA. Ixi Soabron heal' d rapidly. . Seurvey cured In short sick per- tim,. sons relieved and re- 'e rt .- r o r4w » Ul , freshed by bathing I Vnr throii It is a withProphylatlcFluld HSifSiJ? 1 added t.» tlio water. bathing. Impu'e air made hann- 1 less nod purified bv | sprinkling Darby** i Fluid about. To purify ihe breath,, clean*.. the teeth, it, Vt be surpassed. DIPTHERIA Prevented. , j*#™ .. CaUrrh wlhred anil “"O’ Fev * r |ir>-»<-ntedliy cur-1. It. up.. Erysipelas cured.* Burns relieved instant- and dispels the storm cloud nature. Rowed down by disaster and de feat, with hearts crushed almost beyond the power of pulsation, men would have left their dead be hind them. Stirred and impelled by the stern duty of providing for the helpless ones dependent upon them, they would have set their eyes to the future, stretching out their arms in search of business and employment, and would have left to generations to come the sa cred duty of embalming tho deeds of comrades who wei'e left dead on the field ot honor and of duty. Rut with an instinct tinged with tho divinity, which glorilied tho grent tragedy on Cavalry,tlie women who Imvo bravely and silently borne tlie n . . , . , ■ n ... • I cross for years,yearned to do Cliris- llismfmant and Purifier!! ««« Hto« 0 f sepulture. Ami out of this came the suggestion which lias ripened into custom, of decorating tlie sunburst ol Heaven pierces j h-ss in iangnugc a,mf sentiment ns late in the after credit prices, I tell you, tho grass will get his crop, tho buzzard will get his midp, and the sheriff will get him. Aflor a hard year’s work he comes out like a younger broth er of mine, who ran away from home one morning and returned noon, lie said to SCARLET FEVER CURED. prevent any unpleas ant niuell. An antidote for animal or vegetable poisons, stings, etc. Dangerous effluvia# of •irk roouiN and lioa- •v»yl by It* pital* rum 1 Yellow fever to call for rebuke from a journal me, gleefully, “Buddy, I have made published in Roston, Mnssnchu setts. If we must ipmrrcl over the effort to set tlie South aright in the march of the new destiny that is ahead of her, let not the strife come near the graves of our dead. Thu soul shrinks with horror at the clash of the swords of Hamlet and Laertes, over tlie grave of tlio gen tle but unhappy Ophelia. Tho wo- one dollar and seventy-live cents to-day.” “How?” said i. “Red dling cake for Joe Craig.” “Well," said I, “what did you do with the money ?” “I took a cake for tho dollar.” “Well, what did you do with the seventy-five cents’?” “I look another cake for that,"” said he. Cakes without other things are dead, being alone. Some vio- men of Hie South have done, and j lain every law of economy, and In flirt it ifl the groat IMCEI’ARKD BV ■- XI. Z3DLIN d) CO., Manufacturing Chemist*. Sole l’roprlotor*. * Feagixi, (Successor to.f. It. Covington.) FASHIONABLE .Mm id Monthly i COUNTY COURT. .fudge, J. 1*. l'tlibiiry. Monthly term of coo first Wednesday in every month. (Jiiarttrly tor till i d Moodily ill March, -luno, September a December. ORDINARY’S COURT. fi Ordinary. Ttmma* II. Bteurart.—Court b-M < first Monday pf every month. . COUNTY OFFICERS, i lerk of Su|icri<>r Court, J. II. Allen. Sheriff, .1. W. Mize. Tax Collector, V. It, Stoworl. BiTtix Receiver, -I. A. DanicL • Treasurer, C. C. Hbeppcid. surveyor, M.rt. L>gun. C noncr, W. W. Guerry (-..•mniDstouers, S. K. Taylor, C. A. Hunting* ton, J. If. Black. S. II. Hawkins, J. W. Wheatley. Met first Monday of every month. JUSTICES. | District No. 75*, X.;il. White,!.J P., W. If. Phillips. N. P. BARBER, UNDKIt T. WlIKATI.KV’d, OS TIIK COItNRn. SHARP RAZORS !■ ATTENTI VE HELP! BARLOW HOUSE W. H. CLAY, Proprietor, I Amei’icuH, - <ia. Books, x.j 1 . liiet. No. 8M, J. M. Hatcher. J. i, N. 1'., Dial. No. 1185, A..!. William! Danlen, N. P. DlaL No. »«>, P. I- Mize, J. l\, It. A. ,, Jaa. A.Stablm, Laf^e und Niecly Fii(ed Sample Rooms (ilve ii* n trial aiuljbe convinced. nov.;t-twnni|w.nlt Cm TONSORIAL EMPORIUM! AM1KRSO.Y A l.lM’Oltl) R espectfully announcetothn imi.iir that tlialr Harbor Hlioji is open nt all Imsiitoss Imuis and on Saturday until 12 o’clock p. m. Tiny have recently fitted it «p In i» m at style and ure better Soraps, Fapeteries, willi lloial IributcH the graves of Confederate soldicrs'on the 2fitli of April, l-’rom the battle fields of (lie war, from A r iiginia to Texas, the saerqd dust of “warriors tried and true” lias been gatiicred and put to rest in the cities of tlie dead, in every town, village and hamlet of tbc South, and the mounds which mark tlie places have liccu dressed with garlands and wreaths by ten der nnd loving bands, nt each suc cessive anniversary of the honored occasion. A custom so touching and beau tiful in itself, and one that appeals so.strongly and closely to tlio finer sentiments of our uuturc.ii not like- . ly to soon fade away, and if there ' was nothing else to transmit to | generations yet unborn the simple , and still grand story of the soldier ' of the Confederacy, we migt safely i trust that tho spring flowers will I waft it with their fragrances sweet, to all who may come after us. i Rut .Southern women, inspired j by a spirit and ambition sterner I than tlmt which established this I beautiful rite, denermined to rear I monuments whose mute eloquence i should carry a distant age the sto- j ry of this one. Slowly, patiently ! and perfectly, tlio work has been I done and completed. In every ci- j ty of note, in every village, in the rural graveyards everywhere, mon- , umcntal piles and shafts have been ! erected .and commemorated with military and religions rites. The ( eloquence of the orator, the fancy of tlie poet, the pen of Hie essay all honor to them, what the men of no age or generation linvo accom plished. They have perpetuated in lasting monuments the history of an internecine strife. They lmve reared shafts to the vanquish ed, which tower in lieanty and pride by the sidff of those built by tlie government to its dead and living defenders. Wearetlioroftglily alive to the fact that wo are trenching near a sentiment tender nnd deli cate to approach or touch, but firm in the faith and consciousness of blnmo providence for results. Like the brother nt the camp meeting, who gave liberally to tbe eolleo. tions because lie bad left a bad, fence around his crop at home? ' and wanted grent 1’rovidcnco to keep the stock out of his fields.' When lie returned home, he found, to his astonishment, that the stock had demolished bis crop. He went back to the camp meeting com plaining to the preacher of the dealings of I’rovidence after his liberality tlio day before. “Well,” duty, we have not shrunk from its I said tlie preacher, “the stock ought Autographs j ist, the prayer of t he priest and tho prej-nretl tiian , All who may wish to have Hliuvlnir, Hnir Cutting, Shampooing, t ic., dnne in Unit-class •tyl«\ they them. Shuji ARCHITECTURE, FANCYGOODS. Full Spt-cificulloiii | RIEEXANNE AND KAST LAKE or any otli!*r of tho mofiom »tylo*, *o inofilllofi i !» unit both your JEWELER, Afhlrost ! fohlH.I tfiHto ami votir pocket. B. J. 8I.OAN, Architect, ips iycock. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THE i -XT rx * I I!” 1 lo “ PIKEiMX FROM HER ASHES. ! v an -Riper “ru, Splendid Stojk of 'W atolies and Jewelry Of the Latest Designs All Repair Work PROMPTLY l)ONE. J. E. SULLIVAN; The (IneBtlfiiiishefi, most pleaunnt wearlmr *n tliKant HOOTS AND SIIOF.K inmh*. Tlio le*Ht tepnlrirgtlone in tho’most an>>- tant|.« 1 ■tol artistic fitylo. and nil on roii*oii«l»le terms Refi r- t«* every sron*l« *nnn In Amerlctts. Call on uto a hi my new •hop in front of Col. S. Hmltli’a uf fieo, yn Juckwiii riln ct. AohtIciii, Ga. ANDREW DUDLEY. •IllQoPJ.tf FielflPeasiflBrii I atill have on bund some FioM I’ea*. ami n few of thoae rooJ Brick, ut tny re.lJcnco. Cull on. J. R. Gatkwood. Horse Stolen. »;«J. nU ’ hull i hau l* bizli,'flux i , Inr mark on loit .'hottider, alto aaddle mark on j b *ck, .tiiall blaze In fuco, uffiio hoof on one of hi* hm 1 feet. A lll- ral reward n ill be pol l f..r any Informal ion rs^Hi tling the horse. Addreaa JOHN C. OWE XU, Turkey CT ■ k. li<>oiy County, (tevriri.*. I LONE STAR Cotton Seed Planter. HAS RETURNED! His Photograph Gallery NOW OPPJN! FIXF.ST PltTVlIEN, LATEST STYLES and ALL SIZES. Satisfaction. Ouanintpeil Prices Moderate power of the press, alt these potent ! agencies have been put under con tribution to weave together the | story of dead heroes in such shape | ns it Shall best reach the hands of ; the historians of tlie future. In j obedience to tlmt instinct “Which iitnkca tho memory of the dead I A n.-tcred trust with all ihe liviny,’’ | tlie women nnd the men oftliis day haw done their duty to their dead. ; Defamation can no more blur the . stainless shield of tlio Confederate j soldier than thn blare of trumpets I or tlie roar of artillery can awake him to life and to action again. In . nil sincerity and seriousness, wo put it to our countrywomen of tlie tlie time bus not come proper, nay even neces sary, to dispense with thn oratori cal feature of tho celebration of performnee. The letter which made tlie sug gestion out of which Memorial Day lias ripened into a sacred rito, came fresh from the hands of 1 lie illustrious woman who wrote it to the hand that pens these lines. It was our honor, our pleasure, our duty, to put to print thn first edi torial indoremeut of it. The occa sion, new that Mrs. Mary Ann Wil liams sleeps by tlie side of the ob jects of her more Limn motherly cam, commends itself to us with something of n closer and fresher inpi ration. Lot the strcwitij? of llowers be perpetuated, but in silence. Lot there be n welling up of emotions as profuse.a” the wealth of blos soms that n generous spring sun brings. It tears must come, let them be as refined from the pass ions of the hour as tho dews distill ed from heaven. Let us guard this one occasion lrom the intru sion of speech, tlmt may profane the sad silence which should en wrap in its embrace the memory to have eaten up your crop. Any body that would make a gap-boy of God Almighty should be eaten out or house anil \horad.” How many men in Georgia Imvo assets enough to pay their debts if they were forced on tho market') A lex Stephens may bo a croaker, bill, lie is no joker. Wo imvo one class of citizens who are easy. They and their families do not pander to the fashions nnd extravagances of the time. Like the Irishman, they do without tlie tilings they are obliged to Imvo; they will do without rath er than go in debt. A man said to me some time ago: “I can’t do with out help next yca’r.” IIo had corn and meat enough to do him. His wife remarked: “Wo can do with out sugar In our coffee.” “No,” said he, “not ns long as I can get credit.” I asked him in the pres ence of Ids wife: “Which would you like best, to be a man nnd have no sugar, or coflee either, or to be a big baby, 'and have sugar nnd coffee, both?” There is more tro's manhood in a glass of cold water of an affliction which has become ( wjtR O orn bYead than in all luxur- pnrtnnd parcel of our lives. ! les of life with the consciousness of dependence. Manhood lived out “llnril Times. Rev. Sam Jones, of Georgia, is reported us having uttered the fol lowing recently in a lecture at Palmetto: 1. As to the origin. Darwin would say they were en voi ved from tlie nature of things in tlie garden, when Adam saw he must he clothed, and no money, no means, no credit. John Stunrt Mill would say tlmt, abstractly considered, they were brought into the world by tlio concurrent action ol atoms, space accidents, lmt tlmt these things can't carry them out of tlie world. Experience teaches us that they lmve their origin in false economy, laziness, prodi ill economy, honesty and truthful ness never tastes of hard times. Hard times has a lesson for all, and tlmt lesson is, “Every dog has his day.” A man who has met all demands up to tbe hour he goes to . bed, and then worries nud rolls sleepless upon his bedj because of the demands of to-morrow, is ns unjust to himself as he is unwise. Let us never meet hard times on half-way ground. - IIEMKDY FOR 1IARU TIMES.. . f J- Economy! economy! Industry! industry. .Some one of the Methodist preachers of Georgia got up at conference, a few years ago, and Wherever or whatever it costs, more to run a farm than you get for the crop, hard times is the re sult. , _ „ „„ , Merchants invite the presence of Memorial Day? I here is no dan-1 haul times in the stvle of goods ■■ I I.hI .. a., m It/.t l/.ii mi . * .. * . ■■ ". „ality, etc. The farmer sits down i sni<1 a wife nnd six children, and calculates on paper how much ' * ,n( l ' ,0 P a >’ house rent, and oply cotton, corn, etc., he will make, ‘c^eived $100 for liis year’s work. and how eh he will get for them.! Another brother naked, “How He never calculates the cost of 1 'D'l J’ 0 " do that?” He replied, production, and leaves no margin “By financiering!" for short crops, loss of stock, ot e. Let us do as wc ought—do what we say wc will and I speak for a brighter future. Remember that paying debts is more honorable and manly than making debts. The llTghestliank. . ger that your children will not learn , so |,i to Ihrnicrs. Six'dollar hats Made from harmless materials, i tho history of the Con federate sol- fj vn dollar shoe's, twenty-five dollar ulu * adapted lo tho needs of fading Idler. II poet never sang again, ill suits and the exposition thrown I ,mir > Barker’s Hair orators were henceforth dumb, and j M) don't g rolv legitinmlclv out "of j Balsam has taken the highest rauk the records of the war were des-1 0 ur present system of farming j nH an elegant and reliable hair res- ! toyed, never to be produced, tlie j -p|„,j merchants Ibis year will re- torative. marble shafts, silent sentinels over nlizc about sixty-six cents on their I • ** - - j the memories of the 'lead, with I collections and they will find, on I The girl who saved a train in ! "lute eloquence would still portray examination of itemized accounts, ^ Iowa by hoisting a danger signal, tlieii virtues and sacrifices to the that they have about received pay j is said to marry the conductor, So living. for the actual necessaries furnish- j it’s probable shell come to wish she Imd let the old thing go to smash and him with it. OVF.lt T. WUEATI.KV'S STOKE, , Americus, Tlie man does not live who in ■ c d the farmers. Clear headed (tl*e time allotted to the speech on | farmers and merchants of fine a memorial occasion can do justice | judgment is the antidote for the to the dead, und yet there are many j present trouble. men wlio, in half tlie lime, cau i , • , . .... , I Till. I'.tRl IFS AFFEITEU TIV TIIK 11 \IIU bring trouble and mortification to the living. i ti ' -■»--- —— Our brethren now, our enemies t *• * hose who trust to luck, or strength, feeling that they are the late strife, have seized upon i J°*’ steadily sinking into their graves, > idea 'Oim/ested bv tbe women ,‘ lle indolent. h •t. The prodigal. (Juirk anil Sure. Many miserable people drag themselves alynit with failing tlie idea suggested by tbe women of the .South, and under the name Jinn . wsric in four ou n town. T <*rin* 560 outfit In.: Ad'lrcu II. Iltturr * C.\ north,id. Mulls'. l MtMI.lt IVxa*. For fair hy ... . ., a .. M i n> , ' inhl.\wlir. HulsrrV Mill, TaUdjo-s Uft, Ala J R0p24*wtwlf W.T HAKKK' Prof. VAN RIPER . ol the .South, and under the name trcorgia. of “Decoration Day” have institu ted a politii al ceremony, far more mischievous than the frequent gatherings of their political society when by using Parker’s Ginger The child who expects to find a Tonic they would find a cure coni- bag of gold at the end of tbc rain*| mcncing with tho first dose, and how is not more chimerical than lie > vitality and strength quickly nnd who trusts to luck. The man wjio | durely coining back to them.